Morning Linkage (Jun 18)

With so many of my friends (and ene­mies?) mov­ing I thought I’d pass
along this help­ful link to low space required book shelves. Good
look­ing too.
http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/stackable_nesting_bookcase_where_were_you_for_my_last_three_moves_13781.asp

Somebody owes me a kitten.
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009/06/16/funny-pictures-fix-what-you-did/

Book lust.The Ancient book of Sex and Science.  Retro illustration
style, every one’s favorite top­ic. Check out the scans here.
(mod­er­ate­ly NSFW — art/illustrations no photos.)
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/16/the-ancient-book-of.html
Then see more on the ama­zon page using Look Inside.
http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Book-Science-Scott-Morse/dp/0977471543/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245348899&sr=8–1

Former indus­tri­al site trans­formed into a park. Cool, but most­ly I’m
link­ing this for the pho­tographs. (there are links to NYC’s highline
project as well. If you’re inter­est­ed in urban land­scapes and reuse it
s a fas­ci­nat­ing project.)
http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/2009/06/reclaimed-industrial-facilities-duisburg-nord/

You going to have to be a real man­ly man to sur­vive being on of the
first NYPD offi­cers assigned to one of these. (Whirr. Whirr. Whirr.)
http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/nypd_green_13796.asp

A load­ing dock and 25 rent­ed box trucks. I love this as a way for
artists and design­ers who are shut out of the big boy shows to get an
audience.
http://www.core77.com/blog/events/neocon_2009_guerrilla_truck_show_at_fulton_market__13786.asp

Using RR right-of-way to build new elec­tric trans­mis­sion cor­ri­dors. A
trans­porta­tion and ener­gy pro­pos­al that makes way too much sense.
Someone get the gov­’t to put a stop to this right now!
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/06/rail-wind/

How phan­tom traf­fic jams are cre­at­ed — with video from MIT.
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/06/phantom-jams/

Phew — just bare­ly fin­ished this post in time. It’s still technically
morning :-)